Do not think you are alone with this problem, if you have dandruff. Half of the entire world population had dandruff at some time in their life. So you have a lot of company in this problem. Dandruff is a regular problem with your hair. It could be embarrassing at some situations, but there is a lot of friends for you out there in this embarrassment!!
How do you get dandruff? Your whole body skin gets rid of dead cells from all parts of your body every day. In a span of twenty eight days you get a completely new coat of skin. Only thing is you never knew it before.
There are a lot of small organisms like bacteria and fungi which live on human body. Their food is the sebaceous oils produced by human skin. A special fungus called malassezia fungus is all over our scalp. They feed on the oil produced from the hair follicles on your scalp. Occasionally they go in to over drive and irritates your scalp in to producing dead skin at up to double the normal speed. Now the skin is renewed in two weeks instead of the normal duration of a month. When all these dead cells get mixed up with the oil produced on to your scalp from your hair follicles, this results in the creation of dandruff. So in effect dandruff is a mixture of dead cells and body oil. The causes and effects of this malassezia fungus are still the topic of wide spread studies and research.
In many situations, dandruff is quite embarrassing. Whatever you do to tackle it, it may still come back. But you will be able to control your hair dandruff with the help of proper hair care. Shampooing your hair daily is the best way to get picture perfect hair.
You may some times find that the your regular shampoo is not getting the dandruff out of your hair. Then you will have to opt for an anti dandruff shampoo. The best anti dandruff shampoos are the ones which contain zinc pyrithione, selenium sulfide, salicylic acid or ketoconazole as active ingredients. Keep on changing your brand of anti dandruff shampoo at least once every month, so that your scalp will not develop immunity to any one shampoo.
